Objective: To measure the correlation between the ratio of oxygen saturation to fraction of inspired oxygen [SpO 2 /FiO 2 (SF)] and the ratio of partial pressure of oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen [PaO 2 /FiO 2 (PF)] among children diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, a tertiary care government hospital, from November 2020 to July 2021. One hundred twenty children (of either gender) having the age range of 2 months to 16 years, admitted to PICU with acute onset of respiratory distress, were included in the study. We measured SpO 2 , PaO 2 , FiO 2 and calculated SF and PF ratios. SPSS (version 23) (Armonk, NY: IBM Corp) was used to analyze data, and the Spearmen's correlation test was applied to measure the relationship between SF and PF ratios.Results: A total of 120 children were included, the mean age was 40.58±38.88 months and 67 (55.8%) were males. The mean FiO 2 was 76.33%, the mean PaO 2 and SpO 2 were 100.35 mmHg and 94.37%, respectively.The mean PF ratio was 156.34, and the mean SF ratio was 156.45. There was a strong correlation between the SF ratio and the PF ratio (r=0.688; p=0.001).
Conclusion:This study has shown that there is a strong correlation between the SF and PF ratios, and a statistically substantial agreement has been observed.